7/4 Cubs (Wood) @ A's (Straily) 3:05 WGN

[sweetpeteman]

Happy 4th.

[Fred Hornkohl]

It will be if the CUBS win !!!

 

 

CUBS have made at least 8 hits in 10 of their last 11 games

CUBS have drawn more than 2 BBs in 2 of their last 9 games

CUBS have been caught stealing 1 time in their last 10 games (5 SB)

CUBS have made 1 error in their last 7 games

CUBS have made no sac bunts in their last 7 games; 1 in their last 13 games

CUBS have hit at least 1 HR in 11 of their last 12 games

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 11 games

CUBS pitchers have reached double digit strike outs once in their last 17 games

CUBS have allowed 8 stolen bases in their last 7 games (3 CS)

CUBS opponents have not GIDP'd in their last 5 games

CUBS pitchers have not allowed a double in their last 2 games

CUBS have allowed at least 1 HR in each of their last 8 games; 13 of their last 14 games

CUBS have not allowed a sac fly in their last 14 games

CUBS pitchers have not hit a batter in their last 5 games

CUBS have scored first in 15 of their last 20 games (11-9)

CUBS starters have thrown at least 6 innings in 6 of their last 7 games

CUBS starters have 6 QS in their last 7 games; 9 of their last 11; 14 of their last 18

CUBS have not scored a 9th inning run in their last 14 games

CUBS last 5 games have been decided by 2 runs or less

CUBS have made at least 3 XBH in each of their last 9 games

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 17-15 (.531) when they score in the first inning.... 19-31 (.380) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 32-28 (.533) when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 4-18 (.182) when they do

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 22-10 (0.688) on Thursday 04 July

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
028  Thu  07/04/1878    Providence Grays         15- 7    
056  Thu  07/04/1889    Washington Nationals 1   11- 4    
057  Thu  07/04/1889    Washington Nationals 1    8- 5    
063  Thu  07/04/1895    Cincinnati                8- 7    
064  Thu  07/04/1895    Cincinnati                9- 5    
062  Thu  07/04/1901    Brooklyn                  5- 3    
063  Thu  07/04/1901    Brooklyn                 10- 9    
067  Thu  07/04/1907    Milwaukee                 5- 1    
068  Thu  07/04/1907    Milwaukee                 2- 0    
063  Thu  07/04/1912  @ St. Louis                 2- 0    
064  Thu  07/04/1912  @ St. Louis                 3- 2    
065  Thu  07/04/1918  @ St. Louis                 1- 0    
066  Thu  07/04/1918  @ St. Louis                 1- 0    
065  Thu  07/04/1929    Cincinnati                8- 9    
066  Thu  07/04/1929    Cincinnati               10- 5    
068  Thu  07/04/1935    St. Louis                 3- 5    
069  Thu  07/04/1935    St. Louis                 4- 6    
071  Thu  07/04/1940  @ St. Louis                 4- 3    
072  Thu  07/04/1940  @ St. Louis                 2- 5    
067  Thu  07/04/1946  @ St. Louis                 4- 2    
068  Thu  07/04/1946  @ St. Louis                 1- 6    
068  Thu  07/04/1957    St. Louis                 7- 6    
069  Thu  07/04/1957    St. Louis                 3- 4    
078  Thu  07/04/1963    New York                  2- 1    
079  Thu  07/04/1963    New York                  3- 0    
078  Thu  07/04/1968    Philadelphia              6- 2    
079  Thu  07/04/1968    Philadelphia              4- 7    
076  Thu  07/04/1974  @ St. Louis                 3- 2    
076  Thu  07/04/1985    San Francisco             4- 6    
079  Thu  07/04/1991    Pittsburgh                9- 8    
084  Thu  07/04/1996    Cincinnati                1- 2    
083  Thu  07/04/2002  @ Atlanta               N   1- 5    
084  Thu  07/04/2013  @ Oakland                

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

First time through the lineup, the CUBS struck out 3 times. That's 3 more strike outs than they had all game yesterday.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have outscored the opponents 51-17 in the third inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Careless]

Is castro injured?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The Cubs' radio broadcast has taken a weird turn (normal, for them, I guess), with Hughes and Moreland spending several innings going on about a woman who wandered into their broadcast booth and talked to them, leaving them a note addressed to Len Kasper.

 

Moreland keeps saying she made him nervous because of her "garb," some kind of 4th of July hat.

[Careless]

2 outs on the bases. Nice job, jerks.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Don't know about an injury... but that was about the most ugly slide I've seen since Santo's playing days.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Bogusevic replaced in CF for undisclosed reason. Could that reason have to to with international slot money?

[Guest]

Bad baseball

[Guancous]

Happy TOOTBLAN Day!

[Fred Hornkohl]

The CUBS have been shut out through 4 innings 22 times in 83 games.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Guest]

At what point do we start to wonder if Travis Wood isn't just pretty good at outperforming his peripherals (not that he is as good as his traditional numbers suggest)?

[Guest]

The Cubs' radio broadcast has taken a weird turn (normal, for them, I guess), with Hughes and Moreland spending several innings going on about a woman who wandered into their broadcast booth and talked to them, leaving them a note addressed to Len Kasper.

 

Moreland keeps saying she made him nervous because of her "garb," some kind of 4th of July hat.

 

That whole thing was kind of funny. That and Pat talking about people mistaking him for the PA guy.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

At what point do we start to wonder if Travis Wood isn't just pretty good at outperforming his peripherals (not that he is as good as his traditional numbers suggest)?

 

Well, we're two years removed from a season in which he underperformed his peripherals by a good chunk.

 

I can buy into the idea that xFIP underrates his ability to give up non-HR fly balls, but he's not a sub-.220 BABIP pitcher long-term.

[Guest]

Bogusevic replaced in CF for undisclosed reason. Could that reason have to to with international slot money?

 

He has tightness in his hamstring.

[Schwarber Fan]

Welp, Sappelt is gonna get another shot.

[mul21]

Bogusevic replaced in CF for undisclosed reason. Could that reason have to to with international slot money?

 

He has tightness in his hamstring.

 

We should all pitch in and get WSR a jump to conclusions mat.

[Bull]

According to gameday, there wasn't one ball in that walk issued to Lowrie.

[mul21]

According to gameday, there wasn't one ball in that walk issued to Lowrie.

 

Gameday is wrong. The last pitch was in the dirt.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Bogusevic replaced in CF for undisclosed reason. Could that reason have to to with international slot money?

 

He has tightness in his hamstring.

 

We should all pitch in and get WSR a jump to conclusions mat.

 

It was very plausible based on the timing and suddeness of his being pulled.

[Andy]

Meet the new Marmol, same as the old Marmol. And nice block of that pitch, Castillo.